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Toshiba Launches High Performance Solid State Drives with MLC Devices
Breda, 12 december 2007 Toshiba Corporation today announced a series of products featuring multilevel-cell NAND flash memories. Offered in a range of form factors and densities, Toshiba s solid state drives (SSD) are designed primarily for notebook PCs. They will be showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, from January 7th to 10th. Samples and mass production are planned for the first half of next year.
Toshiba s first solid state drives offer three densities: 32 gigabytes (GB), 64GB and 128GB. SSDs realize low power consumption, a fast boot time, and lightweight, but market penetration has been held back so far by low densities and high prices. Toshiba s new SSDs integrate an original MLC controller supporting fast read-write speeds, parallel data transfers and wear leveling, and achieve performance levels comparable to those of single-level NAND flash SSD. By applying MLC technology, Toshiba has realized a 128GB density in a 1.8 inch form factor.
The new products utilize NAND flash memory fabricated with 56nm process technology, along with controller chips and DRAM, on a 70.6mm (L) x 53.6mm (W) x 3.0mm (H) platform. The maximum read speed is 100MB a second and the maximum write speed is 40MB a second. The operating life is 1,000,000 hours*1.
Outline of the new products
Product Number
Capacity
Type
Samples
Start of Mass Production
THNS032GE4BM
32GB
Module SATA
Feb., 2008
March, 2008
THNS064GE8BM
64GB
THNS128GE8BM
128GB
THNS032GE4BA
THNS032GE4BB
32GB
1.8 SATA
2.5 SATA
Apr., 2008
May, 2008
THNS064GE8BA
THNS064GE8BB
64GB
THNS128GE8BA
THNS128GE8BB
128GB
Product specification
Interface
Serial ATA-2 (3Gbps)
Voltage
3.3V (Module, 1.8 type) / 5V (2.5 type)
Writing speed
Maximum speed at 40MB a second (sequential mode)
Reading speed
Maximum speed at 100MB a second (sequential mode)
Temperature
0 to 70 degrees Celsius
MTTF*1
1,000,000 hours
*1: The MTTF (Mean Time to Failure) is not a guarantee or estimate of product life;
it is a statistical value related to mean failure rates for a large number of products which may not accurately reflect actual operation. Actual operating life of the product may not resemble the MTTF.
Over Toshiba
Toshiba Information Systems Benelux is een dochteronderneming van de Computer Systems Division van Toshiba Europe GmbH, leverancier van portable computers. Voor meer informatie zie
Het moederbedrijf, Toshiba Corporation, nummer 8 op de wereldranglijst van computer- en elektronicabedrijven, is toonaangevend fabrikant van informatie- en communicatiesystemen, elektronische componenten, consumentenproducten, medische apparatuur en power systems. Integratie van de betreffende divisies verzekert het bedrijf van een positie als innovator op het gebied van geavanceerde componenten, producten en systemen. Toshiba heeft wereldwijd meer dan 191.000 medewerkers en de jaaromzet bedraagt ruim 62 miljard US$ (2006).
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